He added: “I’d ask the Remainers where they are going to get £39bn to pay for the privilege of this Withdrawal Agreement.

“Which hospitals are they not going to build? Which schools are they not going to repair? Which teachers are they not going to employ?”

Within Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement the UK has agreed to cover contributions to staff pensions and commitments to EU programmes for the period up until 2020.

This "divorce bill" has previously been estimated to be costing the UK £39 billion

'A mess made by Remainers'

Lord Lilley described May’s EU Withdrawal Agreement as a “mess made by Remainers”.

“It is a mess made by Remainers for Remainers at the behest of Remainers,” he said.

“In the Cabinet there is a majority of Remainers, the Prime Minister voted Remain, her civil servants are madly in favour of Remain and they are endeavouring to try and frighten us all to reverse the decision that 17.4 million people made in the biggest democratic vote in our history.”